Intentions to Marry, 1906 Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840430, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1906 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1906a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1906b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1906c).

Page 103

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1906 Registrar Edmund Humphrey Lyons

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

546

11 July 1906

Montague Ellis
Catherine Ephra Reid

Montague Ellis
Catherine Ephra Reid
💍 1906/1319

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawyer

29
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
11 days

St Matthew's Church, Auckland

06/3806

Henrietta Reid, Mother

11 July 1906

Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

No	546
Date of Notice	11 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Montague Ellis	Catherine Ephra Reid
	💍 1906/1319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawyer
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	11 days
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	06/3806
Consent	Henrietta Reid, Mother
Date of Certificate	11 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Gillam, Church of England

547

11 July 1906

Frank Augustus Fity George Wilkins
Lily Whitehead

Widower
Spinster

Gentleman

34
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 months
22 years

House of Rev. J. Wilkins, Auckland

11 July 1906

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

No	547
Date of Notice	11 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Augustus Fity George Wilkins	Lily Whitehead
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 months	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Wilkins, Auckland
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational Independent

548

13 July 1906

Walter James Allen
Esther Pennell

Walter James Allen
Esther Pennell
💍 1906/1307

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/3770

13 July 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	548
Date of Notice	13 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter James Allen	Esther Pennell
	💍 1906/1307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/3770
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

549

13 July 1906

Peter Grubisha
Margaret Maria Kenworthy

Peter Grubisha
Margaret Maria Kenworthy
💍 1906/1306

Bachelor
Spinster

Gumdigger

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/3769

13 July 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	549
Date of Notice	13 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Grubisha	Margaret Maria Kenworthy
	💍 1906/1306
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gumdigger
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/3769
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

550

13 July 1906

William Henry Rogers
Catherine Redding

William Henry Rogers
Catherine Redding
💍 1906/1305

Widower
Spinster

Book

40
29

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
6 weeks

Registrar's Office, Auckland

06/3768

13 July 1906

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	550
Date of Notice	13 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Rogers	Catherine Redding
	💍 1906/1305
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Book
Age	40	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	06/3768
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1906
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

551

13 July 1906

Charles Burness Andrews
Josephine Helena May Pearson

Charles Burneess Andrews
Josephine Helena May Pearson
💍 1906/1338

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

26
23

Auckland
Wellington St.

26 years
23 years

House of father of Bride, Wellington St.

06/3905

13 July 1906

Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

No	551
Date of Notice	13 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Burness Andrews	Josephine Helena May Pearson
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Burneess Andrews	Josephine Helena May Pearson
	💍 1906/1338
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington St.
Length of Residence	26 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Wellington St.
Folio	06/3905
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clement, Primitive Methodist

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1903. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).